MatrixRIB 04.501.009Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 12 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10887587017082), received between Apr 13, 2018 and Mar 15, 2024 — classified as 11 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (3 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 12 most recent of 12 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionMar 15, 2024Break; Break

  DEVICE REPORT FROM COLOMBIA REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2024 THE PLATE IN QUESTION BROKE DURING FOLDING. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY USING ANOTHER PLATE. THERE WAS NO REPORTED ADVERSE PATIENT IMPACT. NO FRAGMENTS WERE GENERATED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18914448 ↗
• InjuryApr 5, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN 2023, DURING POST-OP DR. ROADS REMOVED POSTERIOR RIB PLATES. THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE PLATES BEHIND THE SCAPULA. THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF FEELING THE PLATES UNDER THE SCAPULA. PATIENT WAS THIN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIX UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 11 OF 14 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 16685901 ↗
• InjuryApr 5, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN 2023, DURING POST-OP DR. RODAS REMOVED POSTERIOR RIB PLATES. THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE PLATES BEHIND THE SCAPULA. THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF FEELING THE PLATES UNDER THE SCAPULA. PATIENT WAS THIN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 10 OF 14 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 16683304 ↗
• InjuryApr 5, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN 2023, DURING POST-OP DR.(B)(6) REMOVED POSTERIOR RIB PLATES. THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE PLATES BEHIND THE SCAPULA. THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF FEELING THE PLATES UNDER THE SCAPULA. PATIENT WAS THIN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 12 OF 14 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 16683297 ↗
• InjuryApr 5, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN 2023, DURING POST-OP DR. (B)(6) REMOVED POSTERIOR RIB PLATES. THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE PLATES BEHIND THE SCAPULA. THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF FEELING THE PLATES UNDER THE SCAPULA. PATIENT WAS THIN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 14 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 16683295 ↗
• InjuryMar 19, 2020Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, THE BROKEN TITANIUM MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE WAS REPLACED. THE PLATE BROKE ON THE PATIENT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. PROCEDURE AND PATIENT OUTCOME ARE UNKNOWN. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: UNKNOWN SCREWS: TRAUMA (PART# UNKNOWN, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY# UNKNOWN). THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) TI MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Code Available

  MAUDE report 9856076 ↗
• InjuryFeb 3, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL OF FIVE (5) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB LOCKING SCREW, ONE (1) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB PRE-CONTOURED PLATE AND THREE (3) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE DUE TO INFECTION THAT HAVE STEMMED FROM THE SOFT TISSUE WOUND BREAKDOWN NEAR THE SITE OF THE IMPLANTS ON THE LEFT RIB. ORIGINALLY, THE IMPLANTS WERE IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2019. THE RIB FRACTURES WAS HEALED, HARDWARE WAS REMOVED, AND THE SURGICAL SITE WAS IRRIGATED/DEBRIDED. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, AND PATIENT STATUS WAS SATISFACTORY. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES NINE (9) DEVICES. THIS IS THE REPORT OF (1)TI MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 09 OF 09 OF (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 9660650 ↗
• InjuryFeb 3, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL OF FIVE (5) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB LOCKING SCREW, ONE (1) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB PRE-CONTOURED PLATE AND THREE (3) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE DUE TO INFECTION THAT HAVE STEMMED FROM THE SOFT TISSUE WOUND BREAKDOWN NEAR THE SITE OF THE IMPLANTS ON THE LEFT RIB. ORIGINALLY, THE IMPLANTS WERE IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2019. THE RIB FRACTURES WAS HEALED, HARDWARE WAS REMOVED, AND THE SURGICAL SITE WAS IRRIGATED/DEBRIDED. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, AND PATIENT STATUS WAS SATISFACTORY. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES NINE (9) DEVICES. THIS IS THE REPORT OF (1)TI MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 08 OF 09 OF (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 9660612 ↗
• InjuryFeb 3, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL OF FIVE (5) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB LOCKING SCREW, ONE (1) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB PRE-CONTOURED PLATE AND THREE (3) TITANIUM MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE DUE TO INFECTION THAT HAVE STEMMED FROM THE SOFT TISSUE WOUND BREAKDOWN NEAR THE SITE OF THE IMPLANTS ON THE LEFT RIB. ORIGINALLY, THE IMPLANTS WERE IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2019. THE RIB FRACTURES WAS HEALED, HARDWARE WAS REMOVED, AND THE SURGICAL SITE WAS IRRIGATED/ DEBRIDED. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, AND PATIENT STATUS WAS SATISFACTORY. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES NINE (9) DEVICES. THIS IS THE REPORT OF (1) TI MATRIXRIB UNIVERSAL PLATE 8 HOLES. THIS IS REPORT 03 OF 09 OF (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 9660596 ↗
• InjurySep 26, 2019Device-Device Incompatibility; Device-Device Incompatibility

  DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES REPORTS AN EVENT IN (B)(6) AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED DURING A CHEST RECONSTRUCTION ON (B)(6) 2019 SCREWS WOULD NOT LOCK INTO AN 8-HOLE PLATE. THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A BLUNT THORACIC TRAUMA DUE TO HIGH-SPEED MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2019. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED DUE TO HIGH INTENSITY DEPENDENT RESPIRATORY PAIN AND FUNCTIONAL IMPOTENCE. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THORACIC TOMOGRAPHY THAT SHOWED MULTIPLE RIGHT COSTAL FRACTURES, MISALIGNED IN THE NINTH RIGHT COSTAL ARCH. CT SCAN SUGGESTS RIGHT LOWER LOBE PULMONARY CONTUSION / ATELECTASIS ASSOCIATED WITH LAMINAR HEMOTHORAX. MULTIPLE PROCEDURES INCLUDING WERE REQUIRED TO TREAT THE INJURIES. CONCOMITANT DEVICE REPORTED: UNKNOWN SCREWS (PART # UNKNOWN, LOT # UNKNOWN, QUANTITY # UNKNOWN). THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Code Available

  MAUDE report 9125001 ↗
• InjuryJun 28, 2019Break; Break

  UPDATED: A REVISION SURGERY OCCURRED TO REMOVE BROKEN HARDWARE ON (B)(6) 2019. NO SURGICAL DELAY WAS NOTED. NO FRAGMENTS WERE GENERATED OR LEFT BEHIND IN THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT WAS LISTED AS STABLE

  Patient problems: No Code Available; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture; Pain

  MAUDE report 8744104 ↗
• InjuryApr 13, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL OF PLATES AND SCREWS ON (B)(6) 2018 DUE TO PAIN. THE PATIENT REQUESTED REMOVAL OF THE THREE PLATES, SCREWS, AND FIVE INTERMEDULLARY SPLINTS AS THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THE AREA OF THE IMPLANTS AND THE PATIENT BELIEVED THE IMPLANTS WERE THE CAUSE. THE SURGEON WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE THREE PLATES THAT HAD BEEN AFFIXED WITH 22 SCREWS; HOWEVER, THE FIVE INTERMEDULLARY SPLINTS AND THE FIVE SCREWS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPLINTS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE REMOVED. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE PATIENT WAS STABLE AFTER THE SURGERY. THIS IS REPORT 3 OF 6 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 7430136 ↗